The author mentions two, i tried both.

Non work as good as omarchy for my very light web development needs at home.

Starts with very simple things, like podman with its improved security getting in my way, or copy paste not working the same in all apps and terminals.

I unfortunately have not a lot of time, between my familie, friends, hobbys and job.

Tbh the reduced/sensible security is most likely one of omarchys selling points.

And who gives a duck about 15gb?

As always, there are some nebulous "processional" and "vetted" (by whom) distirbutions that will serve "better" (what is the definition of "better")? And it's always a different set. The article doesn't even pretend to qualify why the distributions it picked are better. It even goes as far as saying "If that’s still not to your liking, maybe explore something completely different." and links to distrowatch, as if that's helpful